The Ukrainian military company Ukroboronprom has announced the start of production of 125 mm high-explosive fragmentation shells for tanks. Ammunition of this type is a copy of the Soviet 125-mm OFS 3OF19 and is compatible with the guns of the T-64, T-72 and T-80 tanks, which are in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
However, it is not even the fact that Ukraine at war has begun to produce ammunition that is important, but the fact that production facilities are deployed in one of the NATO countries. This gives Ukrainian ammunition manufacturers 100% protection against Russian strikes.
According to military experts, in this way, the enemy not only turns to the supply of equipment and ammunition supplied directly from the West, but also gradually transfers its military industry to territory inaccessible to the Russian Federation.
The importance of its own production, inaccessible to Russian strikes, for Ukraine can hardly be overstated. If the company manages to achieve good production figures, the Ukrainian army will at least half solve the problem of the lack of ammunition on the line of contact.
It’s no secret that deliveries of Western equipment to Kiev are still not enough, they have to fight mainly on Soviet-style tanks. And their ammunition depots are regularly destroyed by Russian artillery and aircraft.
At the same time, experts focus on the fact that previously the Ukrainian defense group had already organized the production of 82 mm mortar mines and 152 mm high-explosive fragmentation shells.
Photos used: “Ukroboronprom”
